HSAs And HRAs Not As Alike As They Sound
Employees may not know their ABCs as well as they think they do when it comes to the confusing alphabet soup that is health insurance.
Even though 61 percent of workers polled in a recent Fidelity Investments survey said they have a good working knowledge of their health care benefits, more than half did not know what HSAs or HRAs are.
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Health Plans.
Marriott Finds Early Success With Value-Driven Health
One important goal of early value-based insurance models has been to identify patients who truly require chronic drug therapy and offer them significant discounts, so as to lower their stress levels and keep them productive and healthy.
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Value-Driven Health.
Employees Recognize Effects Of Stress, Believe Employers Overlook Connection To Productivity
Employers do not address mental health matters in the workplace, and many employees do not even understand their current mental health benefits, according to a survey released by Meritain Health and the Partnership for Workplace Mental Health.
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Mental Health.
Helping Workers To Remain Productive While They Handle Eldercare Needs
November is National Family Caregiver Month, which is a perfect time for employers to reexamine how eldercare is affecting the workplace.
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Eldercare.
Most Boomers Not Prepared For Long-Term Care
The majority of baby boomers have not planned accordingly for long-term care expenses and mistakenly believe they have the resources to cover such care. They could find assistance from their employers, which are increasingly willing to help cover long-term care.
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Baby Boomers.
Stress Not Addressed In The Workplace
Companies need to better address stress and mental health issues in the workplace, as employees increasingly feel their employers do not realize the severity of the issue.
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Stress in the Workplace.
Wellness Program Makes Strides In Nutrition, Absenteeism And Smoking Rates
A corporate wellness program has sparked encouraging improvements in nutrition, absenteeism and smoking rates, but hasn't managed to reduce obesity or cholesterol levels. Dow Chemical is halfway through a study that hopes to shed light on how the corporate culture can positively influence healthy behaviors.
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Employers Slow To Adopt Some Smoking Cessation Benefits
Walk into any workplace and odds are smoking is prohibited. Yet a new survey shows few employers offer all the smoking cessation benefits recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Smoking Cessation.
Workforce Health Emerges As A Core Business Value
More employers are realizing that it’s probably not ideal to manage incidental absences, short-term disability and long-term disability separately, since they generate big health care costs. Consequently, employers are trying to be more strategic about their health management programs, consultants say.
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